From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 4 April 1796

To Tobias Lear

Philadelphia, 4th. April, 1796.

My dear Sir,

As your letter of the 30th. Ulto. gives me room to expect you here in a few days. I shall do no more than acknowledge the receipt of it, repeat the request contained in a joint letter (written by Mrs. Washington and myself to you) of the 30th. Ulto.—and request, if a vessel from Liverpool called the Commerce, commanded by Capt. Tuttle should have arrived at George Town, that Mr. Pearce may have immediate notice of it, as there will be in it two Sacks of field Peas & some other seeds for me in her, which ought now to be in the ground.1 With sincerity & affection I am—Yrs.

Letters and Recollections of George Washington, description begins Letters and Recollections of George Washington: Being Letters to Tobias Lear and others between 1790 and 1799, showing the First American in the management of his estate and domestic affairs. With a diary of Washington’s last days, kept by Mr. Lear. New York, 1906. description ends 106–7.

1. For the shipment on the Commerce, see GW to William Pearce, 3 April.

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Title: From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 4 April 1796
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Lear, Tobias
Date: 4 April 1796

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Cite as: “From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 4 April 1796,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-20-02-0010. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 20, 1 April–21 September 1796, ed. David R. Hoth and William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, p. 15.]

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